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Ira Steinberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-111
Scope and Contents
The Ira Steinberg Papers (1959-1987) document the academic career of their creator, a member of the Arts and Sciences faculty of Oberlin College since 1961. The records span Steinberg's teaching career in the departments of Education (1961-1978) and Philosophy (1978-), including his chairmanship of the Department of Education (1975-1978). The records do not document his present activities as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1987-1994?). There is virtually no information in...
Dates:
1959 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 09/22/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Irenaeus Atwood Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-373
Scope and Contents
The papers of Irenaeus J. Atwood and the Atwood family represent a compilation of personal items and writings that reflect the inextricable involvement of their lives with the Oberlin Shansi Mission in China. The collection includes correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and miscellaneous materials and an artifact collected predominantly by Irenaeus Atwood and his daughter, Mabel. The correspondence series is limited in scope, containing only four letters, as are the photographs, of...
Dates:
1877-1968, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1877-1910; Other: Date acquired: 2004 November 22
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Irving W. Metcalf Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 30-009
Abstract
The Irving Wight Metcalf papers chronicle Metcalf's days as a seminary student at Oberlin College, his interest in fellow members of the class of 1878, and his subsequent career as a minister and later a businessman.
Dates:
1877-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/22/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
J. Clayton Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-255
Scope and Contents
The papers of J. Clayton Miller primarily document Miller's time in China as a Shansi Representative from 1930 to 1932. Series I contains letters from Miller to his parents during his stay in China. Series III includes Chinese Maps collected in China. Motion picture film (not viewed by the Archives staff) documents Miller’s student missionary work in Shansi, China in the early 1930s. Miller’s insights into the situation in China and Japan during the 1930s are illustrated in his writings...
Dates:
1930-1997, undated; Majority of material found in 1930-1941; Other: Date acquired: 1995 March 20
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
J. Milton Yinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-188
Scope and Contents
The papers (1937-2003) of J. Milton Yinger provide minor information about their subject's personal life, but document fairly well Yinger's intellectual range as a social scientist. For example, a strength of this collection resides in its documentation of Yinger's research in educational sociology carried out under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education from 1965 to 1969. Copius amounts of correspondence also outline Yinger’s myriad of professional involvements, including visiting...
Dates:
1937-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 07/23/1987
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
J. Stanton McLaughlin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-092
Scope and Contents
The papers of J. Stanton McLaughlin consist of photographs of the Oberlin Dramatic Association’s productions, 1932-42, and twenty-one cassette tape letters of James McLaughlin. The tapes contain letters to Alice and Chester Shaver, Dorothy Daub, Caroline Fenn, and Andrew and Laurine Bongiorno, 1979-85. McLaughlin’s eyesight failed him in later life, and the tapes provided a means to correspond with others. In addition to the contents of the letters (i.e., Oberlin, German politics, events of...
Dates:
1939-1987, undated; Majority of material found in 1981-87; Other: Acquired 1976 April 7
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jack Glazier Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-185
Scope and Contents
This small collection of papers reflects aspects of Jack Glazier’s service to the college as a teacher and as an active member of the Graduate Studies Committee. There is very little personal material and only one of his writings.
Dates:
1974 - 2004; Other: Date acquired: 1986 July 11
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jacob Dolson Cox Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-003
Scope and Contents
The Jacob Dolson Cox Papers consist of 13 record series. In addition to correspondence, there are notes and published articles dealing with microphotography; copies of his speeches and other writings; records reflecting his work as an attorney and his time at the Cincinnati Law School; notes, papers, diaries, record books, newspaper clippings, and other printed material gathered during his studies of the Civil War; and material related to his political career.The partially indexed...
Dates:
1842-1901; Other: Date acquired: 1967 October 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jacob "Jack" Radunsky Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-259
Scope and Contents
The Jacob “Jack” Radunsky Papers, 1895, 1908-1995, mainly document the pianoforte performance and teaching career of Radunsky over nearly three decades. Consisting of six record series, the largest of which is his correspondence, the collection is on the whole uneven. There are gaps in the record relating to Professor Radunsky’s teaching and service to Oberlin College. The biographical file (Series I) helps to fill some of the holes in his life and times.The correspondence...
Dates:
1895 - 1995; Majority of material found in 1940-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1995 September 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Caldwell McCullough Papers
Collection — Container: 5 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-053
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Caldwell McCullough document his greatest interests–photography and chemistry. His personal and professional correspondence and laboratory manuals make up the bulk of his collection. McCullough's letters document his professionalism through his dealings with other corporations and with the college itself. He never received a doctorate in his field, but he managed to convince the college that his years of service and experience surmounted his limited schooling....
Dates:
1906-1949, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/28/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives